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Suing a teacher successfully is the exception not the rule, and
you have to have a home to have home owners insurance. I rent my
apartment and lease my car.

Districts will defend a teacher if the alternative is the
teacher testifying against the school. Happens all the time.

I read mine very carefully the whole point of having liability
insurance is to pay damages when the teacher has liability. If
there is no liability than there is no reason to pay.

It is the exact opposite of easier to go after a district for a
wrongful termination action. 1) How do you pursue a wrongful
termination suite without income and resources to hire an
attorney for the 2-5 years the case will take? 2) Districts dont
need cause to terminate anyone everyone now is on a probationary
contract or a 1 year term contract. I dont know anyone who has
been offered a continuing contract in this millennium. The
standard for non-renewal of a term contract Is "cause" it doent
have to be "good cause".

Your not going to lose, someone going to settle, assuming it
gets that far. There is on average one suit a year that makes it
to a setting on a docket. Those odds are FAR, FAR better than
being non-renewed.

On 3/22/15, EasTexSteve wrote:
> On 3/04/15, PsyGuy wrote:
>> Teachers dont get sued they dont have money,
>
> Sure they do. I've done it personally. In my case, they are
> lucky their homeowners policy paid.
>
>
>> and if they
>> did the district would defend the teacher,
>
> Don't bet on it. Districts will throw teachers to the wolves
> in a heartbeat if it means getting out of the way of a big
> lawsuit. I actually was able to secure favorable testimony
> from a teacher against the district after they distanced
> themselves from the teachers actions in a preliminary hearing.
> The district literally left the teacher holding the bag. The
> teacher didn't like being hung out to dry, and I didn't blame
> them.
>
>
>> and if they
>> didnt the teachers professional association would [pay]
>
> Read your association benefits a little more carefully. They
> won't pay the legal tab for defending a teacher who is at
> fault.
>
>
>> and if
>> they lost the association liability insurance would pay.
>> ALL of those are FAR better then getting non-renewed and
>> unemployed.
>
> It's much easier to go after a district for wrongful
> termination than to try and beat a federal civil rights
> lawsuit. Because if you are sued for this and lose, the
> district will likely send you packing anyway.

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